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Spratt Attack Backfires

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U.S. Rep. John Spratt has yet another tough attack ad running against fiscally conservative State Senator Mick Mulvaney - only this time the ad is raising questions about Spratt's integrity. According to a new report from Ben Smith of The Politico, the star of Spratt's latest attack ad is connected

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Spratt’s Ants?

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The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is running a new television ad that takes direct aim at House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt's record of wasteful spending. "Spending in Washington is out of control, leaving our kids with the bill," the ad's female narrator says. "What's

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Spratt: “I Haven’t Changed”

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A decade ago, U.S. Rep. John Spratt was a fiscal moderate who embraced balanced budgets and private accounts for Social Security. Today? He's one of U.S. President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's staunchest allies - voting with the Democratic leadership in the U.S. Congress 98.2 percent

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Mulvaney Responds To “Sprattacks”

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S.C. Senator Mick Mulvaney is responding to allegations regarding his role in the Edenmoor project - a controversial  land deal in Lancaster County, S.C. The charges against Mulvaney - which were leveled most recently in a TV advertisement paid for by incumbent U.S. Rep. John Spratt - have become

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The Flailing Fifth

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Supporters of U.S. Rep. John Spratt say the 67-year-old Democrat should be reelected to a fifteenth term in Washington D.C. because of everything he has "done" for his district. In fact, Spratt's main argument to voters is a television advertisement that gives the impression that new jobs are literally

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Miller Won’t Support Pelosi

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S.C. Democratic Congressional candidate Rob Miller says he won't support Nancy Pelosi for another term as Speaker of the House - a move designed to highlight his political independence as he battles incumbent Republican Addison Graves "Joe" Wilson in a staunchly GOP district. "We all know Washington

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Club Blasts Spratt

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The Club for Growth is up with a new hard-hitting ad that takes direct aim at embattled U.S. Rep. John Spratt on several of his most liberal votes. The ad, entitled "Enough," slams Spratt for his votes in support of President Barack Obama's failed "stimulus," the TARP bailout, "Obamacare" and a "Cap

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Pro-Lifers Target Obamacare, Spratt

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Claiming that U.S. President Barack Obama's socialized medicine law provides taxpayer funding for abortions - a pro-life group is taking aim at the U.S. lawmaker most responsible for its passage. House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt - who rammed "Obamacare" through his committee this spring

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Smith Blasts Spratt

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S.C. Rep. Murrell Smith (R-Sumter) is blasting U.S. Rep. John Spratt and his allies for spreading false information about Mick Mulvaney, who has recently surged ahead of the powerful Budget Chairman in a hotly-contested race for South Carolina's fifth congressional district. In a letter published

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Spratt Attacks!

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Trailing in the polls and desperate to deflect attention from his uber-liberal voting record, U.S. Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt (D-SC) is attacking his opponent, GOP State Senator Mick Mulvaney, over a failed real estate development in Lancaster County. Spratt lobbed the attack - a familiar

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Mulvaney-Spratt Goes National

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Fiscal conservative Mick Mulvaney's battle to unseat 14-term incumbent John Spratt in South Carolina's fifth congressional district is once again making national news. In fact, CNBC has listed the race as one of its "Dirty Dozen" U.S. congressional contests - an election in which negative ads run by

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The “Blame Bush” Ceiling

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According to a new Wall Street Journal/ NBC poll, a majority of voters (56 percent) believe that Barack Obama inherited this crappy economy from his predecessor, former President George W. Bush. Only 32 percent believe that Obama's policies are primarily responsible for the mess. Well, duh. The

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